The main purpose of this trip was to carry out ringing work on Flatey island in North west Iceland. This yearly fieldwork is carried out by Aevar Petersen and Sverrir Thorstensen, but this year they invited myself, Kane, Craig and Ciaran to take part. On Flatey, if a bird can fly, it gets caught and ringed. The other good thing about ringing on Flatey is that we don't start working until the clock is in double figures.. Usually work started around 10am or so! 
Puffin
KittiwakeRinging totals for Flatey:- 2012 birds caught = 1941 new + 71 recaps
Black guillemot - 71 new + 3 recap
Arctic tern - 417 new + 4 recap
Snow bunting - 5 new
Ringed plover - 11 new
Snipe - 5 new + 7 recap
Mallard - 18 new + 4 recap
Mallard - 18 new + 4 recap
Meadow pipit - 16 new
Kittiwake - 1146 new + 14 recap
Kittiwake - 1146 new + 14 recap
Red-necked Phalarope - 61 new + 3 recap
Redwing - 2 new + 2 recap
Redshank - 5 new
Dunlin - 7 new
Fulmar - 111 new + 17 recap
Puffin - 18 new + 11 recap
Oystercatcher - 3 new
Shag - 38 new + 6 recap
Eider - 7 new
Red necked Phalarope
Arctic tern
Snow bunting
Eider
Kittiwake
Meadow pipit
Mallard
We left Flatey Island on Sunday 25th July and headed for Borganes where we camped overnight, slept for the whole day on Monday and collected by Sverrir Thorstensen in the evening and headed for Akureyri for 10 days fieldwork catching Whooper swans - hopefully with the odd Golden plover and Whimbrel..
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